Banks recover morning losses as markets digest Credit Suisse-UBS merger March 20, 2023 Shares in UBS were trading over 5 per cent down around midday on Monday, having traded nearly 10 per cent lower earlier in the day, after it completed its emergency acquisition of Credit Suisse over the weekend. Although many European banks were trading lower in the morning, most had recovered some of their losses shortly [...]
UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse to avoid “unthinkable” consequences March 19, 2023 THE SWISS government last night brokered a discount $3bn (£2.6bn) deal that will see UBS rescue Credit Suisse from bankruptcy and avoid “irreparable” damage to the global financial system. In an extraordinary press conference last night, the Swiss President said deposit outflows on Friday at Credit Suisse on Friday meant it was “no longer possible [...]
UBS ‘$1billion’ deal for Credit Suisse to be fast-tracked past shareholders: reports March 19, 2023 UBS’s possible $1bn acquisition of Credit Suisse is being fast tracked to ensure its completion before markets open on Monday morning in a dramatic attempt to preserve financial stability. According to the Financial Times, Swiss authorities are considering using emergency measures to bypass normal takeover rules. It reported that UBS indicated emergency powers would be [...]
Credit Suisse weighs up survival options as 167-year-old bank faces pressure to merge with rival UBS March 18, 2023 Credit Suisse Group began a make-or-break weekend after some rivals grew cautious in their dealings with the bank and regulators urged it to pursue a deal with Swiss rival UBS. Credit Suisse Chief Financial Officer Dixit Joshi and his teams will hold meetings over the weekend to assess strategic scenarios for the bank, people with knowledge of the matter [...]
UBS chief’s pay rose 11 per cent to £10.9m but wider bonus pool dropped to £2.75bn March 6, 2023 UBS boss Ralph Hamers received a boost to his annual pay to the tune of a cool £10.9m, reflecting the bank’s strong performance in 2022, but its overall bonus pool fell. Hamers pocketed CHF12.2m (£10.9m) in 2022, eleven per cent more than last year, with the figure including his base salary and the cash performance [...]
UBS posts profits of £1.4bn as banking giant reaps rewards of cost cutting and a reported client exodus from rival Credit Suisse January 31, 2023 UBS beat analysts’ profit estimates as a drop in expenses and a significant influx of new assets helped offset a fall in revenue. UBS’s profits rose 23 per cent to $1.7bn (£1.4bn) in the fourth quarter of the year, ahead of an estimated $1.3bn. Net interest income at the Swiss lender fell year-on-year compared to [...]
Artorius lures three wealth managers away from troubled UBS in major City coup August 2, 2022 City A.M. understands that Square Mile firm Artorius Wealth has bolstered its client team with the appointment of three senior UBS wealth managers, James Goddard, Helena Pratt and Max Di Lieto. James Goddard spent nearly two decades in wealth management across Citi, Barclays and UBS, and focused the last five years on partnering with business owners [...]
UBS profits drop below expectations July 26, 2022 A sharp fall in profits at UBS’s investment banking division caused by charges to deal with the fall out of the collapse of Bill Hwang’s Archegos Capital and tumbling global stock markets has raided the Swiss lender’s bottom line. UBS profits sank around $100m (£83m) over the last year to $2.1bn (£1.7bn), it announced today, [...]
UBS injects £900m into GSK life sciences hub as it looks to compete with Cambridge July 4, 2022 UBS Asset Management has teamed up with property firm Reef Group to invest up to £900m to create a life sciences cluster. The pair plan to buy 33 acres of land at GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) research site in Stevenage, which will create up to 5,000 “highly skilled” new jobs. While the spot is already a global [...]
UBS appoints two officials to shore up its ESG unit May 9, 2022 Swiss banking giant UBS has made two appointments to its ESG team as it looks to shore up its clean energy credentials. Josiane Fanguinovény and Viv Sedov will join the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa division, according to the Financial News. The dealmakers will work on transactions related to environmental and social governance. FN reports many [...]